Nick Suban - When?

[clogged]

On a lighter note, I've always loved how angsty and angry Suban gets. Plays with so much passion and bleeds purple. I find it hilarious sometimes when you see Suban having a crack at someone, most of the time for nothing I remember that time when you could hear him say "you f**ing would you campaigner" to Heath Shaw through the umps mic after Shaw kicked Ballas in the nuts. Classic Subes.

I find that stuff a facade for lack of ability. It leads to dumb arse stuff like almost breaking your neck because you fumbled a mark.

 

[electricfeel]

I find that stuff a facade for lack of ability. It leads to dumbass stuff like almost breaking your neck because you fumbled a mark.

Possibly. That was very dumb and we all know he's prone to a few dumb things each game. It can be entertaining though every now and then watching him go apeshit.

 

[Stronzo]

Members of the FFC game day selection committee who post here.
Other punters who think the committee has a clue.

Ok, so firstly some hearsay about committee members who post here and then an inference that if you don't agree with every decision the committee makes you don't think they have a clue.

Both 'points' completely irrelevant to the discussion.

 

[clogged]

Members of the FFC game day selection committee who post here.
Other punters who think the committee has a clue.

Another zero content post from scon. They've been sorely missed.

 

[Mudd]

I still don't know how he wasn't seriously injured, can't imagine the thought process that went into that 'tackle'.

 

[poshman]

I still don't know how he wasn't seriously injured, can't imagine the thought process that went into that 'tackle'.

I don't think he was thinking! One of the strangest things I've seen.

 

[Clems Knee]

I don't think he was thinking! One of the strangest things I've seen.

Yes. Bizarre. Suban's neck got even shorter.

 

[Sully90]

I really feel he is being undersold here. Yes he's not the most polished midfielder in our group, but he's not picked to play a Mundy or Fyfe role, he's picked to play his role which is to be another hard running, hard tackling member of a great midfield. The fact he has a great kick on him is an added bonus.

Look at any premiership winning midfield from the past 10 years: Sydney had Sean Dempster, Nick Fosdike, and Paul Bevan in 05 and Craig Bird and Mitch Morton in 2012, Hawthorn 08 had Ladson, Osborne, Ellis and Young, christ even the "super midfield" Eagles team of 06 had Rowan Jones. I'd rate Suban equal to or better than any of those players.

Every successful team has a Suban in it, as long as he continues to work as hard as he has on gameday, I don't see why he shouldn't keep his spot.

 

[poshman]

Yes. Bizarre. Suban's neck got even shorter.

He is of the short neck clan isn't he! And of the average facial hair clan..

From my seats I was screaming about a high fend off... The way he went down looked nasty. Then saw a replay and... Just bizarre.

 

[ydraw]

Members of the FFC game day selection committee who post here.
Other punters who think the committee has a clue.

Everything the committee does is right.

Like when they made Neale sub for the GF

 

[Steinfreo]

Suban has cult status potential if he has a blinder in a final thisyear. Or if he does his famous head butt tackle and injures hodge or buddy by accident in the gf.

 

[tacopavlich]

Or if he does his famous head butt tackle and injures hodge or buddy by accident in the gf.

More likely he'd kill himself doing... what ever that was again.

 

[Unique Name]

When Subes did his head tackle and went down like a tonne of bricks I yelled out "Oh s**t, he's killed himself". It was the dumbest attempt of a tackle that I've ever seen.

 

[pavsbootlace]

Solid gif but we both know that defensive pressure/tackling in the forward line is not the same as getting knocked silly in those midfield battles where Sandi just drops it at his feet and every one of our blokes goes hurtling straight at the ball, no matter who's in the way.

I wasn't really arguing that we should play Crozier in the centre square, more arguing with your statement that he isn't up to AFL hardness. I wouldn't have Crozier lining up at a centre bounce at this stage of his career. But I don't think he lacks any hardness.

 

[Freo_4eva]

On a lighter note, I've always loved how angsty and angry Suban gets. Plays with so much passion and bleeds purple. I find it hilarious sometimes when you see Suban having a crack at someone, most of the time for nothing I remember that time when you could hear him say "you f**ing would you campaigner" to Heath Shaw through the umps mic after Shaw kicked Ballas in the nuts. Classic Subes.

This post has just informed what "campaigner" means on this website.. only taken nigh on two years. I must have a Suban level of general intelligence

 

[kp junior]

Anyone have footage of the headbutt tackle? I think I missed it.

Re Suban, he is performing adequately, but we wouldn't lose anything (or at least enough to make a difference to the result) by instead putting games into future thoroughbreds like Weller. Rotate the best 25 through the team while we can afford to, it isn't that hard

 

[believe_it]

Anyone have footage of the headbutt tackle? I think I missed it.

Re Suban, he is performing adequately, but we wouldn't lose anything (or at least enough to make a difference to the result) by instead putting games into future thoroughbreds like Weller. Rotate the best 25 through the team while we can afford to, it isn't that hard

Can't find the actual footage it was pretty much like this.

 

[feds2000]

Suban is a raging bull, enough said

 

[estibador]

He's lucky he's even able to play this weekend. That stupid stunt was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen a Freo player do.

 

[ydraw]

He's lucky he's not paralysed.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

He's lucky he's even able to play this weekend. That stupid stunt was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen a Freo player do.

I think I get it now; Nic was trying to send a message to the AFL about paying frees to players who duck into opponents.
Hope it worked.

 

[freo84]

Maybe he was trying to be like Gohan :

 

[Seppo]

When? Tonight...

 

[K Pop]

Onya Subes. His goal in the second was our only one for the quarter and I thought it helped keep us in the contest at a time when we were struggling to adjust to wet weather footy.

Keep splitting the big ones, Nick, and there'll be a spot in the team for you.

 

[E Shed]

He's a mudlark. Always goes better when its wet and the contest gets slower skill levels go down a bit.
Not to take anything away from him. He's all heart and when the game suits his style he's very good as he was tonight.